Reliable blood distribution allows hospitals to treat patients promptly without waiting for supplies from higher-level facilities. HÀ NỘI — Before the city is fully awake, at 5am, while Hà Nội’s streets are still wrapped in cold mist, the Blood Storage and Distribution Department of the National Blood Centre is already in full swing. Sitting beside the storage containers, pharmacist Nguyễn Hoàng Minh carried out a final check of each bag of blood before loading it onto the truck. More than 500 units of blood and blood products were set to be transported that day to provincial hospitals, where many patients were waiting for transfusions to sustain their lives. At the depot, the storage...
